| Show LIGHT THE SPORT LIGHTy LIGHT y ORAn RICE Copyright t 82 H New York TrIbune u e Inc lac Trademark T tere l V U 8 B S lesU P 0 Of- Of 0 f nce SO IT lOBS GOES Life LICe an as several have hav remarked before Is I terleta with qUller shifts and turns For example Jim and Jes Jess Willard never r were much concerned with popular pinion opinion They never liked and they madu no particular effort to gain any personal popularity Jeffries had at least leat a fair share of at popularity In his day and Wll Wil- Williard ViI liard lard at I t had a a rr great crowd rOl I roaring for tor him In his last lt fight ht Firpo No one on In that gath- gath gathering frinc eath-frinc Iring ering can ever forgot forget the tho th tremendous dous thunder of ot Come Corn on Jus Je Come on Jess articulated by more than throats throat Jack on the th othe other side always 1111 I has S had a craving tr tor pop pop- pop popularity and yet et the th great treat mass Is 13 IsI I solidly against him I At a motion mollon picture theatre the theother theother theother other night Dempsey ani Tunney wore ere shown In order on th the screen There was WIlS wa not one rIpple of ap plain ap-plain for the th champion but a n of hissing The cheers were all for tor the th challenger THE TWO J CJ JACKS S Lell Leaving Leaving- Ing aside any of the merits of the tha th case casa or the tho th tea tea- rea reasons sons why the fact remains that tho two Jacks Johnsoh Jacks and Dempsey Dempsey- will Dempsey-will will III be bo remembered as the two most unpopular cham chani- champions plans of oC the ring rin In In each ellch case caso cas It all has bas come tram from developments outside of ot the ring Both Holh will be remembered among the greatest ot of the In the th ring Dempsey's Dempses unpopularity started 0 Ith the tho th war and It was increased by his year three year e-year ncr absence from the trade trad which made mad him rich lie He H heard beard Ih the crowd give Ive most of f Its If applause to Carpel and he will hear he r the crowd site siv most ot of Its lis applause to Tunney A million dollar dollars Is a lot ot of money but there are things that It cant can't buy ABOUT TIIU HAnS HAVIS CUP Cl There Ther seems to bo ho unlimited confidence In Americas America ability to retain the the- Davis Davia cup but cup but there are aro a a number of factors worth considering Johnston and Tilden were ex ox experienced campaigners when they ti began their long lone scrimmage In and 1919 1 H and that was wa seven se years yean ago ago ro Th They y no longer are In the She pink flush of tennis t youth len and Richards both have hav been beaten beden more this year than ever er before Johnson Johnon has ha been beaten twice lee by Bud Dud Chandler and by Harada There Them Is still the feIg that when the th time Urn cornea comes the Amer Davis cup teaT tean will respond IlS as u usual ual and that wilt will again retain his cro crown cron n for the seventh e successive year But Dut no small email part of this feeling may be b due to habit It Jt past put per per- performance per performances for tor the year ear means any any- anything anythIng any thing neither the tho th Davis Pavia cup nor Is any too sate safe TIlE E nS After ACter breaking br up his hll hi great team In 1914 Connie Mack started on another wagon covered crusade cru for the th lost bat frontier 12 years year cars ago ato lIo He H appeared to te be almost at over o the line last summer only to dip In the lh stretch la He H was wa confident he could make the grade Crade Crad this season aton but bul he h Is further away now than he was as a year ago afo On each occasion hl hi team buckled up just as the tho th first dust duat of the closing stretch b to torise torise trite rise above the th track lie His HI best be pitchers floundered and his best be hitters had dust In their batting eyes eys After 12 years year ean of traveling he h still till la ii I a a long lone way ay from the goal coal There Ther has been something In his hi teams team's morale The Tho Th physIcal stuff has been around but thue has hils been a flaw In spirit TIlE THE BIG DIG DIFFERENCE Connie Mack ack began beean dismantling his 1905 10 winners winner winne In itt 1906 1806 and 1907 1801 fly By 1910 ho he h had supplanted most moat of the th old guard Harry Davis Monte Cross Lave Lavo Cross Crots Danny Murphy and others other with Collins Barry Baker Bakr etc ete tc The Th process seemed d to be b fairly simple All that was needed was wa to step forth and bar bag another Collins Baker Eaker etc But Dut It tt didn't work the th second time At least leut It hasn't worked for tor the last 1 12 72 years yara ears And In that time the th baffled ConnIe hl ha put the dragnet out for over 00 ball bail ballplayers players many of them th m costing a afancy afancy fancy price I play between b tw n IS 96 and writes H II 1 L and I consider myself my- my self soU elf a duffer dutt r at golf colt Tour Your aver ver if ago age for tor the th duffer duff r above abon Is too high It Is my opinion that anyone any one on who plays steadily above 90 0 Is In the th duffer class da Maybe Mayb a II duffer la is I D as a I a ah he feels foels t tl Or as a he h looks look looks Tile The Th tact fact remains that the th average golfer plays over wh whatever what ver that may signify l mayl |
